Virginia Woolfe

• britrish author

• born in london on january 25, 1882

• virginia was sexualy abused by her step brother Gerald duckworth

• she was the daughter of Julia jackson duckworth and sir leslie stephen

• educated at home by her fauther

• she had bi-polar disorder

• they believe that Orlando(one of virginias books) was influenced by the affair of mary garman, the wife of roy campbell

• died at the age of 49 on march 28, 1941

• one of her famous quotes is "it is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality"

• she was depressed

• there are more than 11 books written about her

• commited suicide by drowning herself in the nearby river

• she spent time in nursing homes for "rest cures"

• worte about 15 books

• both of her parents were involved in the novel buisness

• 8 years after her fathers death, virginia married a man named Leonard Woolf

• virginia wrote not only novels, but many essays

• she was one of the woman who influenced our world and wrote many essays on woman's rights

• one of her most famous novels is Orlando

• she wrote to her husband telling him she didnt want to be a distraction for him and didnt want to keep him from working.

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